MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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